Dani Alves

[kaz7]

On the bright side we may be forced to give youth(Maffeo) a chance

Loan out already agreed

 

[mattyb]

New reliable sauce needed.

Red or brown?

 

[domalino]

Loan out already agreed

To a club we own. Let's not pretend we couldn't have him back tomorrow morning if we wanted.

 

[abellwillring]

Time to move on. This is a big and frustrating miss for a player we desperately needed but sometimes it just doesn't pan out. I just hope we don't overpay for an average player like Danilo. He is not good enough and will be exposed.

 

[WallyA]

To a club we own. Let's not pretend we couldn't have him back tomorrow morning if we wanted.

possibly, but more likely we pay over what we want for Walker, then fail getting a backup and use somebody within the squad available or change tactics.

 

[geoff clipp]

I agree....Monaco and Spurs will be laughing!

Sam Lee‏Verified account @Sammy_Goal 2h2 hours ago
Replying to @Sammy_Goal
Don't want to feed the panic but there are a lot of knock-on effects if this goes south. Average price of four full-backs shoots way up

Sam Lee‏Verified account @Sammy_Goal 2h2 hours ago
Replying to @Sammy_Goal
Good chance that a move for another right-back will affect the centre-back pursuit. Not sure money stretches that far, barring big sales

I think this all sounds a little bit hysterical tbh. I would be surprised if our entire spending plans for the much needed revamp of our entire defence hinged on a verbal agreement with a 34 year old we were hoping to sign as back up on a free.

 

[SilverFox2]

Well, if they did well we would have made even more chances.

Could not agree more, he would have been an asset but I will be happy to see us hit the target more with exactly the same number of chances.

 

[Salfordian Blue]

Dodged a bullet

Best right back in the Champion's League last year.
Knows how to work with Pep, and is a perfect fit for his system.
This stings, but resorting to "well, he was shit anyway" is stooping to rag levels.
We just have to put up with a bit of piss taking and then learn from this shit.
A gentlemen's agreement doesn't count for wank. From now on, we don't do that.

 

[NorCalBlue]

I wish Maicon had had second thoughts.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Football is notorious for breaking contracts by both footballers and their clubs so maybe verbal agreements are two a penny and he had offers from many quarters.
Probably his wife influenced his decision as to where they would live and strangely she chose Paris to Manchester.
Money also talks in the last couple of years of ones working life so I´m sure that impacted as well.

Of course he was pals with Pep but he is also pals with some of the PSG team so that may have played a part.

He was a free agent cause Juve let him out of his contract a year early the reason being if we are to believe was to join up with his old mentor Pep as he loves him and has always wanted to play in Emgland and the wonderful English fans and he plays football for the love of it not the money, now if thats the case the man is an absolute cunnt of the highest order for what he's done.